Criminal Justice
Sixth Amendment Disparities in Delaware Criminal Courts, Part Three
Part Three of The Sixth Amendment Center’s recent report discusses issues of accountability in Delaware’s Criminal Court, which greatly impact minority communities because people of color are involved in the system at…
Sixth Amendment Disparities in Delaware Criminal Courts, Part Two
Revisiting The Sixth Amendment Center’s recent report on the disparities in access to counsel in Delaware criminal courts, part two of the publication examines the issue further. This part examines the systemic…
Sixth Amendment Disparities in Delaware Criminal Courts, Part One
The Sixth Amendment Center published a recent report which examines the disparate access to counsel in Delaware criminal courts. The study researched how equally the sixth amendment right to counsel applies. Part one…
Effecting Change Through Incarceration Reform
In a new discussion paper released by the Hamilton Project, authors examine ways to reduce incarceration rates without negatively impacting crime rates. It is important to consider ways to address this issue because…
Disparities with Automatic Adult Prosecutions in Cook County, Illinois
A new study by the Juvenile Justice Initiative reviews three years of data for children under the age of 17 who were automatically tried as adults in Cook County, Illinois. Since 1982…
Florida’s Direct File Harms Youth
The Human Rights Watch report “Branded for Life: Florida’s Prosecution of Children as Adults” explains that although most US states do not allow direct file (sending juvenile offenders straight to adult court…
“Preschool-to-Prison Pipeline” hypothesis grounded in research
The topic of marginalization of Black children, especially Black male children, in the U.S. education system is one that has recently garnered public attention. It is commonly known that the…
Corrections for a System
The Justice Policy Institute’s Billion Dollar Divide evaluates Virginia’s correctional system and finds that it is not promoting improvement or community well-being. According to the study, Virginia lawmakers predict the…